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...contributions here are lively and accessible. Madhu Kishwar, the legendary Indian feminist, rejects as "naive" the idea that bride-burning can be linked to Sita's popularity. In the story, Sita eventually leaves Rama and raises her children alone in an ashram, believing that a husband who does not treat her well is dispensable. Sita may be the model for the long-suffering women of Indian TV and film, but novelist Ranga Rao argues that she also influences the strong-minded females in the beloved stories of R.K. Narayan...
...locked up on Robben Island, where Mandela spent most of his 27 years in jail. If it is the later years on his résumé that outrage South Africa's élite - the court cases, the damaging fight with Mbeki, the three wives and 18 children - it is his early activism that makes him a natural champion for the poor...
...perfectly matched,” says Stallings’ father, Reverend Larry D. Stallings. “They’re compatible, terribly interested in what the other is doing, and they promote each other’s interests. They’re talking about adopting children and having a family...
...community center in Taipei, a church bulletin board displays family pictures with children showing off drawings of pink lotus flowers, lush trees, ponds and imaginary bears from a drawing contest at the Botanical Gardens. Catherine Wu, a newcomer to the church, noticed something unusual on the board that any outsider might overlook: each family had two or more children. "Are people encouraged to have children around here?" she asked...
...blind eye to Israel, widely seen as the Middle East's only nuclear power - albeit an undeclared one. Turkey's relations with Israel soured during Israel's invasion of Gaza last year. At a Davos forum in January, an irate Erdogan accused Israeli President Shimon Peres of "murdering children" and stormed out. The two countries, historically strong strategic allies, have since lurched from one crisis to another...